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Monday, April 22, 2013

R is for Rugrat

So, I’m a bum or I was exceedingly busy this weekend. Either
way, I’m late with my R and I might be late with my S.

Way back when I was a teenager we all doted on my nephew. He
was the first grandchild, the first (and only boy), the first nephew. I loved
that kid like crazy mad. Still do. He’s a great kid…young man…crap! Seriously,
he’s an adult now, but I still see him as a kid. I can’t help it.

The 90s was the decade of Nickelodeon. All the very best
shows from that network are firmly placed in the 90s (Double Dare and You Can’t
Do That On Television excluded). The 90s saw Clarissa Explains It All, Blue’s
Clues, Doug and of course, Rugrats.

Kyle and I loved Rugrats and made a big event each week
watching the new episodes. I couldn’t tell you who was more excited about Tommy’s
antics or Chuckie’s OCD. Rugrats was our thing. Sure Kirsten and Mom would
watch occasionally, but they didn’t understand the appeal and wonder that was
Rugrats.

For Kyle, I image the appeal might have been a sense of
independence, taking charge of his childhood like Tommy and escaping the
nursery. For me, Rugrats reminded me of the wonderful way children view the
world, they way I still wanted to view the world…Heck! I still view the world
like that sometimes where a sandy playground becomes a desert; a staircase
becomes a Mount Everest waiting to be scaled.

Rugrats, at its heart, should remind us that adventure is
always waiting sometimes it’s just a matter of how we see things.

Rugrat is a noun from the 1970s that means small child.

Example: Roger ran
through the rain to the rodeo hoping that the rugrats would still be riding the
sheep, easily the creepiest and entertaining portion of the rodeo.

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Even though I was an adult when it came out, I always thought Rugrats was the cutest show! I think I was a nanny already, and watched it with the kids. I thought it captured the adventure of kids really well.

My mom didn't really like it when I watched Rugrats and she usually changed the channel. However, I was allowed to watch The Twilight Zone when I was six. I'm still not sure where her logic is in that.

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